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diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 05955cf09937..3d406e0ede6d 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
* 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
- * WARNING: This move may well be temporary. This file will get merged with others RSN.
- *
*/
#ifndef _LINUX_ETHERDEVICE_H
#define _LINUX_ETHERDEVICE_H
@@ -59,7 +57,7 @@ extern struct net_device *alloc_etherdev_mqs(int sizeof_priv, unsigned int txqs,
*
* Return true if the address is all zeroes.
*/
-static inline int is_zero_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
+static inline bool is_zero_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
{
return !(addr[0] | addr[1] | addr[2] | addr[3] | addr[4] | addr[5]);
}
@@ -71,7 +69,7 @@ static inline int is_zero_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
* Return true if the address is a multicast address.
* By definition the broadcast address is also a multicast address.
*/
-static inline int is_multicast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
+static inline bool is_multicast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
{
return 0x01 & addr[0];
}
@@ -82,7 +80,7 @@ static inline int is_multicast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
*
* Return true if the address is a local address.
*/
-static inline int is_local_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
+static inline bool is_local_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
{
return 0x02 & addr[0];
}
@@ -93,7 +91,7 @@ static inline int is_local_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
*
* Return true if the address is the broadcast address.
*/
-static inline int is_broadcast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
+static inline bool is_broadcast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
{
return (addr[0] & addr[1] & addr[2] & addr[3] & addr[4] & addr[5]) == 0xff;
}
@@ -104,7 +102,7 @@ static inline int is_broadcast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
*
* Return true if the address is a unicast address.
*/
-static inline int is_unicast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
+static inline bool is_unicast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
{
return !is_multicast_ether_addr(addr);
}
@@ -118,7 +116,7 @@ static inline int is_unicast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
*
* Return true if the address is valid.
*/
-static inline int is_valid_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
+static inline bool is_valid_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
{
/* FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF is a multicast address so we don't need to
* explicitly check for it here. */
@@ -140,17 +138,18 @@ static inline void random_ether_addr(u8 *addr)
}
/**
- * dev_hw_addr_random - Create random MAC and set device flag
+ * eth_hw_addr_random - Generate software assigned random Ethernet and
+ * set device flag
* @dev: pointer to net_device structure
- * @hwaddr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
*
- * Generate random MAC to be used by a device and set addr_assign_type
- * so the state can be read by sysfs and be used by udev.
+ * Generate a random Ethernet address (MAC) to be used by a net device
+ * and set addr_assign_type so the state can be read by sysfs and be
+ * used by userspace.
*/
-static inline void dev_hw_addr_random(struct net_device *dev, u8 *hwaddr)
+static inline void eth_hw_addr_random(struct net_device *dev)
{
dev->addr_assign_type |= NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
- random_ether_addr(hwaddr);
+ random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
}
/**
@@ -158,7 +157,8 @@ static inline void dev_hw_addr_random(struct net_device *dev, u8 *hwaddr)
* @addr1: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
* @addr2: Pointer other six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
*
- * Compare two ethernet addresses, returns 0 if equal
+ * Compare two Ethernet addresses, returns 0 if equal, non-zero otherwise.
+ * Unlike memcmp(), it doesn't return a value suitable for sorting.
*/
static inline unsigned compare_ether_addr(const u8 *addr1, const u8 *addr2)
{
@@ -169,6 +169,18 @@ static inline unsigned compare_ether_addr(const u8 *addr1, const u8 *addr2)
return ((a[0] ^ b[0]) | (a[1] ^ b[1]) | (a[2] ^ b[2])) != 0;
}
+/**
+ * ether_addr_equal - Compare two Ethernet addresses
+ * @addr1: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ * @addr2: Pointer other six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ *
+ * Compare two Ethernet addresses, returns true if equal
+ */
+static inline bool ether_addr_equal(const u8 *addr1, const u8 *addr2)
+{
+ return !compare_ether_addr(addr1, addr2);
+}
+
static inline unsigned long zap_last_2bytes(unsigned long value)
{
#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
@@ -179,34 +191,34 @@ static inline unsigned long zap_last_2bytes(unsigned long value)
}
/**
- * compare_ether_addr_64bits - Compare two Ethernet addresses
+ * ether_addr_equal_64bits - Compare two Ethernet addresses
* @addr1: Pointer to an array of 8 bytes
* @addr2: Pointer to an other array of 8 bytes
*
- * Compare two ethernet addresses, returns 0 if equal.
- * Same result than "memcmp(addr1, addr2, ETH_ALEN)" but without conditional
- * branches, and possibly long word memory accesses on CPU allowing cheap
- * unaligned memory reads.
- * arrays = { byte1, byte2, byte3, byte4, byte6, byte7, pad1, pad2}
+ * Compare two Ethernet addresses, returns true if equal, false otherwise.
+ *
+ * The function doesn't need any conditional branches and possibly uses
+ * word memory accesses on CPU allowing cheap unaligned memory reads.
+ * arrays = { byte1, byte2, byte3, byte4, byte5, byte6, pad1, pad2 }
*
- * Please note that alignment of addr1 & addr2 is only guaranted to be 16 bits.
+ * Please note that alignment of addr1 & addr2 are only guaranteed to be 16 bits.
*/
-static inline unsigned compare_ether_addr_64bits(const u8 addr1[6+2],
- const u8 addr2[6+2])
+static inline bool ether_addr_equal_64bits(const u8 addr1[6+2],
+ const u8 addr2[6+2])
{
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
unsigned long fold = ((*(unsigned long *)addr1) ^
(*(unsigned long *)addr2));
if (sizeof(fold) == 8)
- return zap_last_2bytes(fold) != 0;
+ return zap_last_2bytes(fold) == 0;
fold |= zap_last_2bytes((*(unsigned long *)(addr1 + 4)) ^
(*(unsigned long *)(addr2 + 4)));
- return fold != 0;
+ return fold == 0;
#else
- return compare_ether_addr(addr1, addr2);
+ return ether_addr_equal(addr1, addr2);
#endif
}
@@ -218,23 +230,23 @@ static inline unsigned compare_ether_addr_64bits(const u8 addr1[6+2],
* Compare passed address with all addresses of the device. Return true if the
* address if one of the device addresses.
*
- * Note that this function calls compare_ether_addr_64bits() so take care of
+ * Note that this function calls ether_addr_equal_64bits() so take care of
* the right padding.
*/
static inline bool is_etherdev_addr(const struct net_device *dev,
const u8 addr[6 + 2])
{
struct netdev_hw_addr *ha;
- int res = 1;
+ bool res = false;
rcu_read_lock();
for_each_dev_addr(dev, ha) {
- res = compare_ether_addr_64bits(addr, ha->addr);
- if (!res)
+ res = ether_addr_equal_64bits(addr, ha->addr);
+ if (res)
break;
}
rcu_read_unlock();
- return !res;
+ return res;
}
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
@@ -243,7 +255,7 @@ static inline bool is_etherdev_addr(const struct net_device *dev,
* @a: Pointer to Ethernet header
* @b: Pointer to Ethernet header
*
- * Compare two ethernet headers, returns 0 if equal.
+ * Compare two Ethernet headers, returns 0 if equal.
* This assumes that the network header (i.e., IP header) is 4-byte
* aligned OR the platform can handle unaligned access. This is the
* case for all packets coming into netif_receive_skb or similar